Re: [Pen-l] Lenins Imperialism reads like it was written yesterday

[raghu <mraghu01@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Fri, Jul 4, 2008 at 11:50 AM, Louis Proyect <lnp3@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> For those of you who have received a proper training in ruling class
> ideology in freshman economics or poli sci, you will surely remember how the
> teacher "proved" that Karl Marx's writings were obsolete on the basis that
> capitalism has become so democratized that the term "ruling class" has no
> meaning. This democratization is primarily expressed through pension funds,
> mutual funds, etc. that put the means of production in the hands of ordinary
> working people.


There was a news item that to me vividly illustrated the nature of the
Ownership Society that we now live in. The Boston Celtics team
recently won the NBA basketball championship and Bush called to
congratulate.

He didn't call the players on the team or the coach or manager. He
instead, in his infinite wisdom, chose to call and congratulate the
Owner of the Celtics franchise. Now that must have been one awkward
conversation..

http://www.enterprisenews.com/sports/x1816435754/Celtics-soak-up-love-from-fans
-----------------------------------snip
Wyc Grousbeck was sitting at his desk Wednesday when a call came in.

"I forgot about the whole White House connection," said the Celtics
principal partner, who heard George Bush's voice on the other end of
the line.

"Completely forgot, so that helped it sink in. He said, we really want
to congratulate you on how your team played. You guys really made the
city proud.'

"He enjoyed the game and he really wanted to congratulate us. It was a
very gracious, generous phone call."


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